Rediscovering Your Supplies: Yarn, Fibres and New Possibilities

 Yarn, Fibers and New Possibilities

Sometimes a creative idea arrives just as you’re packing everything away!

After recording Material Musings, I found myself looking again at my yarns, felting fibres and drop spindles. I’ve been spinning different fibres, including cotton grown in my own garden, and I started to think about the variety of ways I could use the materials in front of me? 

 

I’ve been exploring separating some yarns into fibres for felting experiments, and looking at whether suitable fibres from my felting supplies could be spun into yarn for weaving. It’s exciting to discover connections between the things you enjoy.

The same curiosity has led me back to my beads. As I add stitching and beading to a textile piece, I’m noticing colours, shapes and textures in my collection that I want to bring into the work.

Something to try: 

Choose one supply you haven’t used for a while and make a small sample using it in a different way. You could try stitching a few forgotten beads onto a fabric scrap. Notice what you enjoy about the result.  You don’t need a finished project to learn something useful. Sometimes a little experiment is enough to help you see your materials differently.

Watch the video to see the fibres, yarns and beads that sparked these ideas, then come over to Patreon for four suggestions to explore with your own supplies.

Check out the post HERE

What have you tucked away that might be ready for a new creative purpose?

Stay blessed and be a Blessing.